| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920. 1920. |
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| | | Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) |
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| PEOPLE that build their houses inland, | |
| People that buy a plot of ground | |
| Shaped like a house and build a house there, | |
| Far from the seaboard, far from the sound | |
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| Of water sucking the hollow ledges, | 5 |
| Tons of water striking the shore, | |
| What do they long for, as I long for | |
| One salt smell of the sea once more? | |
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| People the waves have not awakened, | |
| Spanking the boats at the barber’s head:, | 10 |
| What do they long for, as I long for— | |
| Starting up in my inland bed, | |
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| Beating the narrow walls and finding | |
| Neither a window nor a door, | |
| Screaming to God for death by drowning!— | 15 |
One salt taste of the sea once more?
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